Ghs removal intranasal foreign body at UPMC McKeesport

1500 Fifth Avenue, Mckeesport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 104370353

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$320.40

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$534.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$24.75 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $473.74 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $24.75 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $24.75 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $33.37 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $35.12 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $38.34 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $93.83 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $101.69 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $113.91 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $126.06 ↓ -61%
Aetna of PA Medicare $129.03 ↓ -60%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $132.72 ↓ -59%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $132.72 ↓ -59%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $132.72 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $135.18 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $145.51 ↓ -55%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $185.30 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $196.38 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $201.32 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $202.92 ↓ -37%
Cigna New Business ASO $205.59 ↓ -36%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $205.59 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $213.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $213.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $263.00 ↓ -18%
InterGroup PPO $267.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $283.42 ↓ -12%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $320.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $353.73 ↑ +10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $373.80 ↑ +17%
SelectCare Commercial $427.20 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $427.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $453.90 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $473.74 ↑ +48%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Ghs removal intranasal foreign body at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $408.60 $22.50 – $544.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $210.00 $23.62 – $315.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $328.80 $28.57 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $657.60 $23.62 – $135.17
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $328.80 $28.57 – $1,016.56
UPMC East Monroeville $388.80 $24.75 – $518.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $382.20 $24.75 – $178.73
UPMC Northwest Seneca $276.00 $24.75 – $139.23

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